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To the Legislature of the State of J^ew Jersey : 

The Commissioners appointed by the Governor under authority 
of the Joint Resolution of the Legislature of the State of New 
Jersey, approved February 14, 1888, " to locate and mark out the 
true Boundary Line between the State of New Jersey and the State 
of New York, in lands under water in the Hudson River, New 
York Bay, Kill Yon Kull and Arthur Kill or Staten Island Sounds," 
respectfully submit a Report of their proceedings, together with a 
description of a line agreed upon and a copy of the agreement made 
with the Commissioners appointed for 2 like purpose on the part of 
the State of New York. 

The authority under which the Commissioners have conducted 
this work is derived from the Joint ResolutioD above mentioned, 
which Joint Resolution is known in the Session Laws as Joint Reso- 
lution No. 1, Laws of 1888, page 551, &c. 

In 1886, a resolution was passed by New Jersey, and afterwards 
by New York, providing for the settlement of the dispute as to the 
Boundary Line in Raritan Bay ; Commissioners were appointed and 
the Line agreed upon and reported to the Legislature ; the work of 
this Commission proving satisfactory, a Joint Resolution was passed 
by this State providing for a Commission to settle the dispute as to 
the Boundary Line in the Hudson River, New York Bay, Kill Yon 
Kull and Arthur Kill or Staten Island Sound. New York followed 
in 1888, with an Act extending the jurisdiction of the Raritan Bay 
Commission, so as to include the Boundary Line as far as the Hud- 
son River; and, in 1889, further extended the jurisdiction of the 
Commission so as to make it co-equal with that of New Jersey. 

Robert C. Bacot, George H. Cook and William M. Oliver were 
appointed Commissioners by Governor Green on the part of New 



4 NEW JERSEY BOUNDARY COMMISSION. 

Jersey, and the original Raritan Bay Commission of New York, 
Mayo W. Hazeltine, Robert Moore and Lieutenant C C. Hanus, 
TJ. 8. N., was continued. The Commission at once organized by 
the election of George H. Cook as Chairman, and Edward P. Doyle 
as Secretary, and proceeded with its work. 

In the Spring of 1888, however, the Commission was seriously 
crippled by the absence of Lieutenant Hanus, who acted as the En- 
gineer for the New York Commission, In December, 1 887, Lieut- 
enant Hanus was detached from the Raritan Bay Commission, and 
ordered to join the United States Steamship Nipsic, bound for the 
South Pacific. He sailed frona New York in January, 1888, and, 
although the Legislatures of New York and New Jersey passed 
resolutions requesting his recall, he was unable to join the Commis- 
sion until August, 1888, having been detached at Callao, Peru, and 
ordered home. Immediately upon his return, work was begun upon 
the line in the Arthur Kill, and an agreement was reached as far as 
the western end of the Kill Yon KuU. This work was very care- 
fully and correctly done, and, although vigorously prosecuted, was 
not completed until the end of the season. The Commissioners 
were then compelled to ask the indulgence of the Legislature for 
additional time to complete the work assigned them. The import- 
ance of the interests involved and the necessity for slow and careful 
work, together with the fact that no funds were available from the 
State of New York for the employment of Engineers, and that the 
computations must be made by the Commissioners themselves, pre- 
vented the Commissioners from reaching a determination as to the 
further boundary line, although much progress was made toward an 
agreement. 

An additional cause of delay was the necessity of securing for 
the use of the Commission, maps showing the Shore Lines of the 
two States as they existed at the time of the treaty of 1834, (the 
work of the Commissioners being merely to locate and mark the 
line agreed upon in the treaty of 1834.) 

A Committee of the Commission, consisting of Commissioner 
Bacot and Lieutenant Hanus, were appointed to secure such a map ; 
they found their mission an extremely difficult one, but, after long 
and- tedious search, they succeeded in obtaining U. S. Coast and 
Geodetic Survey maps, made a few years after the adoption of the 



:n'ew jersey boundaey commission. 5 

treaty of 1834. These maps were then compared with those of 
recent date, and maps made for the Commission showing both Shore 
Lines, that of 1834 and that of 1888. The Commissioners were 
thereby enabled to make an exact division of the lands under water 
as determined by the Commissioners of 1834, and at the same time, 
having the present Shore Lines before them, were enabled, when it 
became necessary, to make the compromises required by commercial 
interests. 

The work of determining the boundary line then began. The 
land under water divided by the previous Commission in Raritan 
Bay was, it is true, of great value for shell fish cultivation, but its 
worth could not be compared with that in the Arthur Kill, Kill Yon 
Kull, or even the Hudson River. 

There, in view of the possible construction in the future of 
docks and basins, every foot of land became extremely valuable, and 
the computations of area and divisions must, of necessity, be care- 
ful and accurate. The original Committee, who had prepared so 
successfully the preliminary boundary line in Raritan Bay under 
the previous Commission, were appointed to perform the same work 
of the present Commission, and began at once the preparation of 
experimental lines upon which the Commissioners could base their 
final agreement. This Committee consisted of Robert C. Bacot on 
the part of New Jersey, and Lieutenant G. C. Hanus on the part of 
New York ; both were practical engineers and both thoroughly fa- 
miliar with the territory in question.' Mr. Bacot had been for years 
Engineer of the Riparian Commission of New Jersey, and Lieuten- 
ant Hanus had been for three years in charge of a work of the U. S. 
Coast and Goedetic Survey in the locality about to be divided. 

In the establishment of this line the Commissioners proceeded 
upon the same system of compromises that characterized their set- 
tlement of the dispute in Raritan Bay. The boundary was made, a 
succession of straight lines, equal concessions being made by both 
States to secure the desired result. 

The work proceeded slowly, being necessarily delicate and com- 
plicated, in the narrow and winding channel of the Arthur Kill and 
Kill Yon Kull, and it was not until the end of this present year that 
the line was finally determined on. 



6 NEW JERSEY BOUJSTDAEY COMMISSION. 

An agreement as to its location in New York Bay was reached 
with difficulty ; there was a wide difference of opinion at the start 
in the minds of the Commissioners as to where this line should be 
placed. The terms of the treaty of 1834, in which the boundary 
line was described as being the " middle" of the River and Harbor 
of New York, through the Kill Yon Kull and Arthur Kill to the 
main sea, was not in itself sufficiently definite to enable any abso- 
lute or incontrovertible opinion to be formed. It became merely a 
matter of conjecture, or inference, as to what was originally the in- 
tention of the Commissioners, long since dead, who made the treaty. 
Whether was meant the " middle " of the area of water, without 
regard to its depth, or whether the " middle" of the channel was 
intended, was, of course, not known. 

The question was exhaustively considered and discussed by the 
Commissioners, and many experimental lines were drawn before the 
final determination was reached. In fact, this question was one of 
the most difficult to be determined by the Commission, and it was 
not until November of this present year that a satisfactory conclu- 
sion was reached. 

The claim of the New Jersey Commission* that the boundary 
line should be the "middle" of the channel, was based upon well 
established precedents in boundary settlements, and in addition was 
fortified by the decision of the Court of Appeals of the State of 
New York, in the well-known case of the People of that State 
against the Central Railroad Company of New Jersey, in which the 
Court of Appeals held that the "middle" of the filum aqum^ or 
channel of the Bay of New York, was the boundary line determined 
bj^ the treaty of 1834 ; this decision, coming as it did from the high- 
est judicial interpreters of the law in the State of New York, had 
the greatest possible influence with the Commissioners from that 
State; and the claim of New Jersey was finally allowed, and the 
line they claimed agreed upon. 

It is, perhaps, but fair to state the position taken by the New 
York Conjmissioners in this matter, and to do so we give the re- 

* See Report of Commissioners of N. J., June 3d, 1889 — in Appendix. 



NEW JEESEY BOUNDAKY COMMISSION. T 

marks of Mr. Mayo W. Hazeltine, one of the Commissioners, who, 
upon the motion to agree upon this line, spoke as follows : 

*' Mr. Chairman^ and Oentlemen of the Joint Boundary Commis- 
sion : 

The Commissioners from New York accept the line proposed 
by the Commissioners from New Jersey, because they believe it to 
be in exact accordance with the decision of the highest judicial au- 
thority in their State, the Court of Appeals. In passing the Act, 
under which they hold their position, the Commissioners believe 
that the Legislature intended that they should simply mark out the 
line, as determined by the treaty of 1834, and that in locating this 
boundary line they must be guided by the judicial interpretations of 
their highest court." 

After the settlement of the dispute in New York Bay, the Com- 
missioners proceeded to the consideration of the line in the Hudson 
River, and no trouble was experienced in making a satisfactory set- 
tlement. 

The Commissioners can, therefore, report to the Legislature, 
that as far as the location of the line theoretically is concerned, their 
work is finished, and finished satisfactorily. Each portion of the 
boundary line, from its commencement at the junction of the Arthur 
Kill and Raritan Bay, up the winding channel of the Arthur Kill, 
through the Kill Yon Kull, and the extremely valuable territojv of 
the New York Bay and the Hudson River, has been agreed upon 
cheerfully and unanimously by the entire Commission, both from 
New York and New Jersey, and the Commissioners feel that, as 
near as possible, in a work of such magnitude and importance, exact 
justice has been done each State. 

The other branch of the work of the Commission, that of mark- 
ing this line by stakes, buoys or monuments, has been begun, and 
much has already been accomplished, the line having been monu- 
mented from the entrance of the Arthur Kill to the junction of the 
Kill Yon Kull with New York Bay, as shown in the Appendix to 
this Report. 

The system adopted in marking the line, and which will be ex- 
plained in the succeeding chapters of this Report, will, it is 



8 NEW JEESEY BOUNDARY COMMISSION. 

believed, make it easy for any citizen, by taking a little trouble, ta 
determine exactly at any place his position on the water, as far as 
the boundary line is concerned. 

The monuments are of granite, placed in a bed of cement, and 
can be readily seen. Their character is such that they must remain 
in their position long after the present generation shall cease to 
exist. 

Complete and full description of each one has been made and 
will accompany this Report, and be filed with the Secretary of State. 
The completion of the work of marking the remainder of the line 
must be delayed until the Spring of 1890, and can then soon be 
finished. 

A Committee in charge has begun the compilation of the neces- 
sary data, with full descriptions of the lines, and their work will be 
found, as far as finished, in this Report. The maps will at once be 
signed, and filed with the Secretary of State, together with all the 
data ready ; the further data will be sent with the final Report, to 
the Legislature of 1891. 

In September, 1889, the Commission sustained a severe loss in 
the death of its permanent Chairman, Dr. George H. Cook, of 
Kew Jersey. 

The last meeting attended by Dr. Cook was that of September 
20, 1889. ■ 

Two dajs later he was dead. 

Dr. Cook had been associated with the Commission since its or- 
ganization in 1887, and had rendered it valuable service. 

Thoroughly familiar with every branch of its work, with years 
of experience as member of previous Commissions, and as President 
of the State Geological Survey of Kew Jersey, Dr. Cook was es- 
pecially fitted to preside over and direct the deliberations of the 
Commission. In addition, his uniform courtesy, his purity of mind 
and character and unvarying kindness had endeared him to every 
member, and strengthened his infiuence and ability to procure a 
satisfactory settlement of the disputes arising before the Commission. 

The sentiment of the Commissioners at his loss is best expressed 
by the preamble and accompanying resolutions offered by Mr. Haz- 
eltine, of New York, at the meeting succeeding his death. 



NEW JEESEY BOUNDAEY COMMISSION. 9 

The preamble and resolutions are as follows : 

" "Whereas, Dr. George H. Cook had been for three years^a 
member of the Joint Commission appointed by the Governors of 
New York and New Jersey to define the boundaries of their respec- 
tive States ; and 

"Whekeas, As Chairman of the said Commission Dr. Cook had, 
by virtue of his scientific acquirements, notable abilities and exten- 
tensive experience, signally contributed to the performance of the 
work delegated the Commission; 

'■'Resolved, That the members of the Joint Boundary Commis- 
sion have learned with profound regret of the death of their Chair- 
man, Dr. George H. Cook, and would respectfully tender the assur- 
ance of their sincere sympathies to the family of the deceased, 

" Resolved, That the Secretary be requested to forward to the 
family of the deceased a copy of these Resolutions." 

It was, indeed, a source of profound regret that Dr. Cook, who 
had contributed so much towards the success of the Commission, 
and who was so much interested in its work, should not have been 
permitted to see the accomplishment of its labors. 

Mr. Robert C. Bacot, who also had been associated with the- 
Commission since its creation, and who had worked indefatigably 
for its success, was, on motion of the New York Commissioners, 
elected permanent Chairman in Mr. Cook's stead. His place on the 
Commission was filled by the appointment of Colonel Edwin A. 
Stevens, of Hoboken, New Jersey. 

The Commissioners congratulate the people of both States upon 
the successful completion of this work. 

After two centuries of wrangling and dispute, the boundary line 
between New York and New Jersey in lands under water is finally 
and conclusively settled ; the determinations of former Commis- 
sions were indefinite and unsatisfactory, and increased rather than 
settled the complications. The line now, however, marked and 
monumented, is absolute and definite. There can be no dispute or 
difference of opinion as to its location ; its position at any point can 
be as easily demonstrated as the simplest mathematical problem. 



10 JSTEW JEKSEY BOUJ^DAKY COMMISSION- 

The Commissioners desire to make special mention of the valu- 
able services rendered bj Lieut. G. C. Hanus, U. S. Navy, during 
the entire progress of the work. 

To his scientific acquirements and skill in the accurate deter- 
mination of the geographical position of the boundary line, is due 
the completeness of the work in its various parts, thereby rendering 
in the future any question of the true location of the line impos- 
sible. 

To Messrs. Yermeule and Bien, Civil Engineers, to whom was 
entrusted the locating and placing of the monuments for readily as- 
certaining the positions of the line, great credit is due for the very 
satisfactory performance of their work. 

The Commissioners would also acknowledge the many courtes- 
ies received from the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, and 
from the Light House Department at "Washington, D. C. 

The agreement between the States of the Boundary Line with 
the maps showing the same was executed in duplicate by the Joint 
Boundary Line Commission on the 23d day of December, 1889, and 
was filed in the office of the Secretary of State at Trenton, Decem- 
ber 31, 1889. 

K. C. BACOT. 
W. M. OLIYEE. 
E. A. STEYENS. 

Trenton, January 18, 1890. 

AGREEMENT. 

An Agreement made the twenty-third day of December, in the 
year eighteen hundred aad eighty-nine, between Mayo W. Hazel- 
tine, Robert Moore and Lieut. G. C. Hanus, U. S. N., Commission- 
ers on the part of the State of New York, and Robert C. Bacot, 
William M. Oliver and Edwin A. Stevens, Commissioners on the 
part of the State of New Jersey. 

Wheeeas, By Chapter 69, Laws of 1887, the Governor of the 
State of New York was authorized to appoint three Commissioners 
with full power on the part of the State of New York, to meet with 
the Commissioners appointed, or to be appointed, for a like purpose 
on the part of the State of New Jersey, and with them to locate and 



NEW JERSEY BOUNDARY COMMISSION. 11 

mark out by proper monuments and buoys the true boundary line 
between the two States in lands under water in Raritan Bay ; and 

Whereas, The jurisdiction of the said Commissioners was 
continued and extended by Chapter 159, Laws of 1888, and Chap- 
ter 212, Laws of 1889, so as to include the Arthur Kill, Kill Yon 
Kull, New York Bay and the Hudson River ; and 

Whereas, The said Mayo W. Hazeltine, Robert Moore and 
Lieut. G. C. Hanus, U. S. N., were duly appointed Commissioners 
on the part of the State of New York, for the purposes mentioned 
in the said acts ; and 

Whereas, By an Act of the Legislature of the State of New 
Jersey, passed February 14, 1888, entitled, " A Joint Resolution 
authorizing the appointment of a commission to locate and mark 
out the boundary line between the State of New Jersey and the 
State of New York, in lands under water in the Arthur Kill, Kill 
Yon Kull, New York Bay and the Hudson River ; " and 

Whereas, George H. Cook, Robert C. Bacot and William M. 
Oliver were duly appointed Commissioners for the purpose of said 
Act ; and 

. Whereas, George H, Cook having died, Edwin A. Stevens 
was appointed in his stead, clothed with the same powers ; and 

Whereas, The said Commissioners acting for and on behalf of 
their respective States, have entered upon the performance of the 
duties imposed upon them by the said acts of their respective Legis- 
latures, and have in pursuance of the authority to them severally 
given as aforesaid, agreed and hereby do agree upon a boundary 
line between the two States in lands under water in the Arthur 
Kill, Kill Yon Kull, New York Bay and the Hudson River, and do 
locate the same as follows : 

First — Starting from a point (at the conclusion of the boundary 
line iu Raritan Bay) and marked for the purposes of this Agree- 
ment, A. 

This point is equi-distant between the southwesterly corner of 
the dwelling house of David C. Butler, at Ward's Point, on Staten 
Island, in the State of New York, and the southeasterly corner of 
the brick building on the lands of Cortland L. Parker, at the inter- 



12 NEW JERSEY BOUNDAEY COMMISSION. 

section of the westerly line of Water street with the northerly line 
of Lewis street, in Perth Amboy, in the State of New Jersey. 

The line runs thence in a succession of straight lines through 
the Arthur Kill, the Kill Von KuU, New York Bay and the Hud- 
son River to a point marked " J J," for the purposes of this Agree- 
ment. 

This point "J J " is at the extreme northern limit of the boun- 
dary line in lands under water, and from this point the line runs 
westerly to a rock which is described in the Report of the New 
York and New Jersey Boundary Commission of 1883 as marking 
the eastern end of the boundary line between New York and New 
Jersey as determined upon by the Royal Boundary Commission of 
1769. 

The absolute geographical locations of the point at the place of 
beginning and the point of conclusion are as follows : 

Point A (place of beginning). 

Latitude. Seconds in Metres. Longitude. Seconds in Metres. 
(Latitude and Longitude not given. Description sufficient.) 

Point J J (place of conclusion). 

Latitude. Seconds in Metres. Longitude. Seconds in Metres. 
40°59'49^Y4:N. 1534.38. 74'^ 53' 38''. 57W. 901.46. 

The points at which changes of direction occur in the boundary 
line, from the place of beginning to the place of conclusion, are for 
the purposes of this Agreement lettered or numbered, and their 
determination and absolute geographical positions are as follows : 

Seconds Seconds 

Latitude. in Metres. Longitude, in Metres. 

Deg. Min. Sec. Deg. Min. Sec. 

B 40 30 31 N. 956.2 74 15 30 .74 W 723.9 

C 40 30 56 N. 1727.33 74 15 16 .22 W 382. 

D 40 31 15 .07 N. 464.8 74 14 47 .15 W 1109.9 

E 40 32 31 .9 N. 984. 74 15 02 .5 W 58.8 

F 40 32 57 .38 N. 1769.9 . 74 14 52 .42 W 1233.9 

O 40 33 32.68N. 1008. 74 13 54.57W 1284. 



NEW JERSEY BOUNDAEY COMMISSION. 13 









Seconds 






Seconds 




Latitude. in Metros. 




Longitude, in 


, Metres. 


Deg. 


Min. 


Sec 




Deg. 


Min. 


Sec. 




H 40 


33 


25 .03 N. 


772. 


74 


13 


06 .29 W 


148. 


I 40 


33 


37 .54 N. 


1157.9 


74 


12 


53 .95 W 


1269.4 


J 40 


34 


25 .03 N. 


772. 


74 


12 


38 W 


893.7 


K 40 


35 


16.12N. 


498. 


74 


12 


27 .55 W 


647.9 


L 40 


35 


51 .87 N. 


1599.9 


74 


12 


00 W 


0. 


No. 1 40 


36 


01 . N. 


30.8 


74 


12 


00 w 


0. 


No. 2 40 


36 


21 .45 N. 


661.6 


74 


12 


18 .88 W 


443.9 


No. 3 40 


36 


51 .02 N. 


1573.7 


74 


12 


15 .48 W 


363.9 


No. 4 40 


37 


00 N. 


0. 


74 


12 


10 .21 W 


240. 


40 


37 


27 .36 N. 


844.1 


74 


12 


15.61 W 


366.9 


P 40 


37 


43 .24 N. 


1333.7 


74 


12 


09 .69 W 


227.9 


K 40 


37 


53 .36 N. 


1645.9 


74 


12 


10 .12 W 


238. 


S 40 


38 


04-.86 N. 


149.9 


74 


11 


54 .87 W 


1289.3 


Position. 




Centre of Baltimore an( 


a Ohio Brid 


Ige Pier. 


40 


38 


15 .31 N. 


472.3 


74 


11 


47 .97 W 


1125.9 


A' 40 


38 


30 .92 N, 


953.7 


74 


11 


30 .63 W 


719.8 


B' 40 


38 


45 .38 N. 


1399.8 


74 


11 


09 .79 W 


229.9 


C 40 


38 


47.13 N. 


1453.7 


74 


10 


55 .42 W 


1301.8 


D' 40 


38 


30 .79 N. 


949.7 


74 


08 


36 .68 W 


861.9 


'E' 40 


38 


36 .89 N. 


1137.9 


74 


08 


00 w 


0.0 


F' 40 


38 


31 .37 N. 


967.6 


74 


07 


35 .15 W 


825.8 


G' 40 


38 


62 .66 N. 


1624.3 


74 


06 


36 .94 W 


867.9 


H' 40 


38 


52 .66 N. 


1624.3 


74 


05 


37 .88 W 


889.8 


V 40 


39 


05 .05 N. 


155.77 


74 


05 


14 .64 W 


343.09 


J' 40 
K' or 
AA 40 


39 


04 .94 N. 


152.38 


74 


03 


22 .25 W 


522.65 


42 


00 N. 


0.0 


74 


01 


36 .50 W 


857.0 


BE 40 


43 


04 .68 N. 


144.36 


74 


01 


26 .59 W 


624.07 


CO 40 


45 


26 .82 N. 


827.3 


74 


00 


52 . W 


1219.66 


DD 40 


49 


35 .55 N. 


1096.61 


73 


57 


50 .38 W 


1180.6 


EE 40 


51 


03.62N. 


111.67 


73 


57 


11 .69 W 


273.78 


FF 40 


53 


19.05N. 


587.64 


73 


55 


48 .77 W 


1141.7 


GG 40 


55 


40.3 N. 


1243.13 


73 


54 


52 .82 W 


1236.61 


HH 40 


56 


48 .22 N. 


1487.48 


73 


54 


33 .35 W 


780.06 


II 40 


58 


54 .39 N. 


1677.82 


73 


53 


47 .63 W 


1113.68 


JJ 40 


59 


49 .74 N. 


1534.38 


73 


53 


38 .57 W 


901.46 



14 ]^EW JERSEY BOUNDARY COMMISSION. 

Second. The monumental marks by wInVTi said boundary line 
shall hereafter be known and recognized have been carefully de- 
scribed, their absolute geographical positions given, and this descrip- 
tion and location will be filed in the ofiice of the Secretary of State 
of New York and the Secretary of State of New Jersey. 

Third. The maps accompanying and filed with this Agreement,, 
showing the location of the above-mentioned boundary line between 
the State of New York and the State of New Jersey in lands under 
water in Arthur Kill, Kill Yon KuU, New York Bay and the Hud- 
son River, and of the monumental marks by which such line may 
be distinguished and known, duly authenticated and attested by the 
signatures of the aforesaid Commissioners, and placed on file in the 
oflices of the Secretaries of State of the respective States, shall con- 
stitute the permanent and authenticated record of said boundary 
line, and are hereby adopted by the parties hereto, and made parts 
of this Agreement. 

In Witness Whereof, the said Commissioners have hereto set 
their hands and seals in duplicate, this twenty-third day of Decem- 
ber, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and eighty-nine. 



M. W. Hazeltine, 


[l. s.] R. C. Bacot, 


[L. S.] 


Robert Mooee, 


[l. 8.] W. M. Oliver, 


[L. 8.] 


Gr. C. Hanus, 


[l. b.] E. a. Stevens, 


Ll. S.] 


Attest : 







EDWARD P. DOYLE, 

Secretary Joint Boundary Commission, 



State of New Jersey, 

Department of State. 



I, Henry C. Kelsey, Secretary of State of the State of New 
Jersey, do hereby certify that Robert 0. Bacot, Esq., Chairman 
Joint Boundary Commission, etc., did, on the thirty-first day of De- 
cember, A. D. 1889, file in this Department an Agreement, endorsed 
" Agreement between the State of New York and the State of New 
Jersey of the true boundary line between the two States in land& 



NEW .TEKSEY BOUNDAEY COMMISSION. 15 

under water in the Arthur Kill, Kill Yon Kull, New York Bay 
and the Hudson Kiver, dated December 23, 1889," as by the statutes 
of this State required. 

In Testimony Whereof, 1 have hereunto set my hand and affixed 
my official seal, at Trenton, this thirty-first day of December, A. D. 
1889. 

[seal.] henry C. KELSEY, 

Secretary of State. 



APPENDIX. 



-A-iPiPEisriDiix:- 



At a meeting of the Joint Boundary Commission, held June 3d, 
1889, the following report was presented by the Commissioners from 
'New Jersey : 

To the Commissioners appointed by the States of ]S"ew York 
and New Jersey, to locate and mark out the boundary line between 
the respective States in the Arthur Kill, the Kill Yon Kull, New 
York Bay and the Hudson River : 

The Commissioners of the State of New Jersey present for your 
consideration the accompanying chart of the Bay of New York, pub- 
lished by the United States Coast Survey Department, upon which 
is shown (in red) the line which, in their judgment, should consti- 
tute, as far as it extends, the boundary line between the respective 
States. This line commences on the map at the point last agreed 
upon by the Joint Boundary Commission, at the entrance of the 
Kill Yon Kull (marked I') ; from thence it runs North 90 deg. 05' 
East about 2,887 yards to a point in New York Bay (marked J') ; 
thence it runs North 24- deg. 40' East through and along the chan- 
nel or deep water of New York Bay, in a straight line about 6,495 
yards to a point on the map marked K' or AA . 

The basis of the claim of the New Jersey Commissioners to 
this line will appear from a brief sketch of the controversy between 
the States of New York and New Jersey, in relation to their res- 
pective territorial rights and jurisdiction in and over these waters 
and the lands under the same. 

Prior to 1833, the State of New York claimed that its terri- 
torial limits, opposite to the City of New York, extended to low 
water mark on the West Shore of the Hudson River. The Revised 
Statutes of that State describe the State boundary as proceeding 
from " a rock on the West shore of Hudson River " (in the line of 



20 NEW JERSEY BOUND ART COMMISSION. 

the fortv-first degree of North latitude), " thence Southerly along 
the West shore, at low water mark, of the Hudson River." 

New Jersey never assented to or acquiesced in this claim. On 
the contrary, in 1829, that State commenced a suit against the State 
of New York, in the Supreme Court of the United States, claiming 
that the said State of New Jersey was " justly entitled to the exclu- 
sive jurisdiction and property of and over the waters of Hudson 
River, from the fort3^-first degree of North latitude to the Bay of 
New York, to ihefilum aqum or midway of said River, and to the 
midway or channel of said Bay of New York, together with the 
land covered by the Water of the said River and Bay." This suit 
was not pressed, but it resulted in the appointment by each State of 
three Commissioners to negotiate and agree respecting the territo- 
rial limits and jurisdiction of the State of New York and the State 
of New Jersey. These Commissioners formulated an agreement, 
or treaty, which was formally ratified by both States in 1834. By 
this treaty. New York abandoned its previous claims, and the 
'boundary between the two States was declared (Article I.) to be the 
middle of the Hudson River, the Bay of New York, and the waters 
between Staten Island and New Jersey, subject to certain excep- 
tions securing to New York jurisdiction over the waters of New 
York Bay and the Hudson River south of the mouth of Spuyten 
Duyvel Creek. 

These apparently contradictory provisions of the treaty gave 
rise to renewed controversy, which was finally settled by a decision 
of the New York Court of Appeals in 1870, in the case of the Peo- 
ple of the State of New York against the Central Railroad Com- 
pany of New Jersey. (A copy of which decision is herewith 
submitted.) This Railroad Company was engaged in extensive im- 
provements in that part of New York Bay known as Communipaw 
Cove, by reclaiming and extending out from the high water mark 
of the New Jersey shore to the channel of the Hudson River, and 
New York claimed jurisdiction over said land and improvements, 
under the aforesaid treaty. 

The Court of Appeals reviewed exhaustively the questions of 
boundary and jurisdiction, and the bearing of the treaty of 1834 
thereon, and the substance of its decision was : 



NEW JERSEY BOUNDARY COMMISSION. 21 

1, The treaty of 1834 fixes definitely the boundary line between 
New York and New Jersey at or near the middle of the HuJson 
River and of the filum aquae or channel of the Bay of New York. 
It relinquished whatever claim or right of property New York 
formerly had to the bed of Hudson River and New York Bay be- 
tween the centre line thereof and low water mark on the New Jer- 
sey shore. 

2. The jurisdiction over the waters of Hudson River and New 
York Bay, given to New York in that treaty, was a qualified and 
limited jurisdiction conferred for police and sanitary purposes, and ■ 
to promote the interests of commerce, and was not designed to con- 
fer or create control over the lands or domains of New Jersey under 
the waters of New York Bay and the Hudson River lying west of 
the said boundary line. 

The decision of the Court of New York is also in accordance 
with the interpretation of several important national treaties made 
by the Federal Government, of which may be named the North- 
western or Washington Treaty with Great Britain ; and the Rio 
Grande Treaty with Mexico. In both of the above treaties the 
boundary line between the nations is described as being in the mid- 
dle of the waters of the bays or rivers through which it runs ; yet, 
we find, on an inspection of the accompanying maps upon which 
these lines are marked, that where islands (as in the case of Ellis 
and Bedloe Islands in New York Bay) intervene, the line as laid 
down follows the filum aquce or channel of such bay or river. 

The location of the line as recommended by the New Jersey 
Commissioners, is, therefore, in accordance with the decisions of the 
highest court of New York. It is, moreover, an eminently equita- 
ble location, for in no other way can the equal enjoyment of the 
navigable waters of the Bay of New York be secured to New Jer- 
sey, for the reason that the largest part of the Western or New 
Jersey side of the Bay consists of flats extremely shallow and en- 
tirely' useless unless reclaimed and improved for Wet Basins, Ware- 
houses and other conveniences for commerce, and access to deep 
water would be essential to such improvement. 

THE COMMISSIONERS OF NEW JERSEY, 

Bj R. C. Bacot, Committee. 

June 3, 1 889. 



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Descriptions of Monuments for ascertaining the Boundary Line 
hetween the States of New Jersey and New Yorlc, in Arthur 
Kill or Staten Island and Kill Yon Kull Sounds. 

MONUMENT No. 1— For range through to Great Beds light- 
house — dp, 680.64 ; dm, 1081.61 . This monument is at Perth Am- 
boj, N. J., on the property of Abr, Slaght, in the rear of his black- 
smith's shop— 2 feet from door sill. His shop is on the east side of 
street runuing along Kill, and adjoins C. M. Whittaker's Marine 
.Railway. 

MONUMENT No 2.— For range through B to low brick 
chinmey, Perth Amboy — dp, 693.23 ; dm, 431.03. This monu- 
ment is in the Cliff Park Grove at Tottenville, owned by C; C. 
Ellis, at present leased to J. H. Starin. It is on the west slope of 
steep bank almost directly opposite the Ferry Dock in Perth Am- 
boy. Monument is 52 yards north of line fence between Biddle 
and C. C. Ellis's, and 32 yards from high water mark. The low 
chimney in Perth Amboy to which this monument ranges is one 
connected with the Roesster Chemical Works, and is near the N. 
W. Corner of Water and Commerce streets. It is about 60 feet 
high. 

MONUMENTS Nos. 3 and 4.--For range through B— dp, 
1077 ; dm, 300 (for most westerly monument). These monu- 
ments are on the property of W. H. B. Totten, near the west 
slope of bank. Most westerly monument is just about opposite the 
opening of a street in Perth Amboy, running E. and W. This 
street is the first one south of the P. A. Terra Cotta Works. This 
monument is 35 yards N. of line fence between Robinson and Tot- 
ten. The other monument is 41.75 metres N. Easterly on this range 
from the other monument. Is in same property, and is just south 
of a gully running in from the Kill. 

MONUMENT No. 5 —For range through C to Lehigh Val- 
ley R. R. workshop chimney— dp, 1363.55 ; dm, 198.46. This 
monument is on Staten Island, in the door yard of property of 
David Yan Name, just about opposite the P. A. Terra Cotta 
Works. It is near a large willow tree in the rear of the house, 3.2 



NEW JERSEY BOUNDARY COMMISSION. 23 

metres from line fence between Yan Name and Totten, and 19.6 
metres to N. W. corner of house. The chimney in this range is 
attached to the car shop at the works of the Lehigh Yalley R. R., 
just on the northern limit of Perth Amboy. 

MONUMENT No. 6.— For range through D to Kreisher's 
chimney — dp, 17CG.6T; dm, 1311.68. This monument is on Staten 
Island, in property of John M. Sleight. The monument is two 
metres from high water mark, and 8.5 metres from N. E. corner 
of line fence between J. M. Sleight and property owned by the 
heirs of Joseph A. Sleight. 

MONUMENT No. 7— For range through C to Fire Brick 
Works chimney — dp, 1808.45 ; dm, 1050.66. This monument is 
on Staten Island, on property of Alfred II. Sprague. It is 14.86 
metres from line fence between Sprague and Henry Christopher, 
and 3.1 metres alongside line fence to tlie line of Fisher street. 

MONUMENT No. 8— For range through D to Boynton's chim- 
ney — dp, 75.88 ; dm, 948.83. This monument is on Staten. Island, 
on property of Capt. Oliver Weir. It is in the door yard of his 
house under a small tree, 1 metre from fence line running parallel 
with water front and 7.5 metres from fence line between Weir and 
Mrs. R. Craft, and 15.6 metres to the N. E. corner of Weir's house. 

MONUMENT No. 9.— For range through E to Boynton's 
chimney, and F to Mon't (12 in N. J.)— dp, 1146.3 ; dm, 1027.1. 
This monument is on the Guion property on Staten Island, opposite 
the Sewarren Hotel, N. J. The monument is about 210 feet N. W. 
of the most northerly of two houses on the property, and is 1 foot 
S. of the line fence separating Guion's property from Boyd's. It 
is on N. W. slope of hill, falling gently to Arthur Kill 275 feet 
distant. 

MONUMENT No. 10 -For range through E to Kreisher's 
chimney — dp, 1568.5 ; dm, 489.9. This monument is 19 metres 
west of road running along water front from Sewarren Hotel to 
Central Railroad of New Jersey depot, on property of John Taylor 
Johnson, about 259 metres from N. W. corner of hotel ; also 19.1 



24 NEW JERSEY BOUNDARY COMMISSION. 

metres W. of west gutter of roadway, and 2.8 metres southward 
from S. E. corner of residence. 

N. B.^ — This monument was afterwards removed 5.8 metres 
further south along line E to Kreisher's chimney. 

MONUMENT No. 11.— For range through F to paper mill 
chimney — dp, 1664.61; dm, 495.9. The monument for range 
through F to paper mill chimney is on property of J ohn Taylor 
Johnson, at Sewarren, N. J., on the west side of the road from Se- 
warren Hotel, along water front to station of C. R. R. of N. J. It 
is aboat 9 metres from row of trees in edge of sidewalk nearest road- 
way on west side, 57 metres north from large willow tree in door- 
yard of residence. There are witness stones on the range line 1 
metre distant eastward and westward of the monument. 

MONUMENT No. 12.— For range through F to Monument 
No. 9 — dp, 1195.05 ; dm, 245. This monument is on the south- 
east side of [the road leading from Sewarren northward, and run- 
ning along edge of meadow. The monument is in line with a row 
of maple trees that line the edge of the road. It is 43 metres along 
range line to edge of meadow ; 2.4 metres to tree on south and 5.1 
metres to tree in north. It is on the property of John Taylor John- 
son. 

MONUMENT No. 13.— For range through G to Smoky Point 
Monument No. 15 ; dp, 1672.3 ; dm, 371. Monument is on the pro- 
perty of Thomas Marsh, on the south slope of the bank 12 feet from 
the edge of the salt meadow, 400 yards from main road to Sewarren. 

MONUMENT No. 14.— For range through G to paper mill 
chimney ; dp, 66.17 ; dm, 1050.88. Monument is on property of 
Henry A. Turner in open field, next to meadow, near the fence 
about 200 yards east of his house and 83 yards west of large hick- 
ory tree. 

MONUMENT No. 15.— For range through G to Monument 
(No. 13, N. J.) ; dp, 610.45 ; dm, 985.77. This monument is on 
Staten Island, on the property of John Dissosway. The range also 



NEW JERSEY BOUNDARY COMMISSION. 25 

passes througli the U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Station. 
Smoky Point Monument is on the edge of the upland about 7 
feet higher than the meadow. It is 124.2 metres along the range 
from the water to the monument, and 12.2 metres from edge of 
meadow. It is 96 yards to the N. E. corner of John Dissosway's 
house. 

MONUMENT No. 16.— Eor range through H to Melvin chim- 
ney — dp, 497.02 ; dm, 290.68. This monument is at Rossville, 
Staten Island, on the estate of Caleb Lyon. It is 2 metres south of 
road, and 7.7 metres W. of line fence, and 85 yards eastward from 
N. E. corner of Lyon's house. 

MONUMENT No. 17.— For range through I to Melvin chim- 
ney — dp, 448.21 ; dm, 203.05. This monument is at Rossville, on 
Staten Island, on property of Miss Mary Cole. It is on the east 
slope of decline, 1 metre from fence dividing her dooryard from 
pasture. It is also 26.4 metres along fence to public road, and 46.1 
metres along public road, eastward to small creek or gut. 

MONUMENT No. 18.— For range through H to Monument 
(No. 20)— dp, 505.84 ; dm, 98.04. This monument is at Rossville, 
Staten Island, on the property of Mrs. H. O. Seguine. It is just 
inside the fence along public road. It is 7 metres from line fence 
between Mrs. Seguine and John H. Dissosway, and is 22.2 metres 
from street intersecting public road. 

MONUMENT No. 19.— For range through I to Monument 
20 in N. J.— dp, 831.63; dm, 909.42. This monument is in 
Staten Island, on the property of Harmon Decker. It is on the 
north slope of hill, 2 metres from edge of meadows, 46 yards from 
public road and 130 yards from fence corner of line fence between 
Thomas P. Hardy and Decker. 

MONUMENT No. 20.— For range through H to Monument 
18, I to monument 19— dp, 1564.24 ; dm, 295.24. This monument 
is at Star Landing, N. J., on the property of T. Sawyer. It is 1.5 
metres from the line fence between Milton Arrowsmith and Thomas 



26 :n'ew jersey boundary commission. 

Sawyer, and 100 yards northeasterly to the corner of fence around 
Arrowsraith's barn yard. Monument ranges through H and I to 
two monuments on Staten Island. 

MONUMENT 21— Ranges through J to Mel vin chimney.— dp, 
235.16 ; dm, 1291.7. This monument is at Star Landing, N. J., 
on property of Thomas Sawyer, 300 yards north of his house. It is 
35 yards south of where the upland^ turn to the west. 

MONUMENTS 22 and 23— For range through J.— (23) dp, 
1098.52 ; dm, 1261.83 ; (22) dp, 998.10 ; dm, 1150.66. These monu- 
ments are in New Jersey, on the property of Carl Rectaagle. They 
are both on the upland. The more easterly monument is under a 
locust tree, and is twenty feet from the meadow and five feet from 
the fence. The more westerly monument is 140 yards east of the 
public road on north end of upland where upland turns to the west. 
Monument is 30 feet from an oak tree, and 10 feet from the 
meadow. The monuments are 152.05 metres apart. 

MONUMENT 21— For range through K to Mon't 29, Staten 
Island — dp, 1811.1 ; dm, 1052. This monument is near Star Land- 
ing, N. J., in property of the estate of Chas, Lot. It is about twenty 
feet west of the meadow and just west of a foot-path leading to the 
Fertilizer factory. A small house at the end of a cable crossing 
stands on the salt meadow E. by S. of the monument. The monu- 
ment is 250 feet north of the north side of the road to Carteret 
Station. 

MONUMENT 25— For range through L and No. 1 to Mon't 
33 — dp, 550.66 ; dm, 0.00. This monument is on the property of 
the Linoleum Company, at Linoleum ville, Staten Island. It is near 
edge of meadow about 200 yards north of public road passing 
through Linoleum ville and running down to pier. 

MONUMENT 26 — For range through K to Melvin chimney- 
dp, 968.6; dm, 598.85. Monument is in N. J., on the prop- 
erty of Geo. F. Gantz, 55 yards at right angles north of branch rail- 
road running from Carteret to Clark's factory, on upland. There is 
a plug on the meadow 200 yards north from Clark's Fertilizer fac- 



NEW JERSEY BOUNDARY COMMISSION. 27 

tory. It is of cedar wood, squared at top, and measuring about 4 
inches, and is 62 yards from Kill and 3 yards south of small gut. 

MONUMENTS 27, 28 and 29.-27 and 29 range through 1 
and 2. 27— dp, 1354.31; dm, 1039.78. 29— dp, 1611.7 ; dm, 
1220.9. 28 ranges through L to Mon't No. 30. 28— dp, 1352.6 ; 
dm, 1090.5. These monuments are all on S. 1., just south 
of Chelsea. The most northerly one is upon meadow belonging to 
a Mr. Meyer. It is 200' N. E. of a creek and 50' east of 
Kill. The other two monuments are on the upland upon property 
in charge Marshall Cannon. The more westerly one is 150 feet 
north of public road, and the other is 250 feet north of road. Monu- 
ment 20 is 6 metres east of U. S. coast survey signal " Meyers." 

MONUMENTS 30 and 31.— For .range through No. 2 and L. 
SO— dp, 434.1 ; dm, 886.95. 31— dp, 498.24 ; dm, 762.02. These 
monuments are both on Tremley Neck "in N. J., just up on the 
upland. The distance between the monuments is 114.6 metres. 
The monament further east is 144 yards from S. E. corner of house 
and the one further west is 36 yards from same. They are on the 
property of John B. Wynants. 

MONUMENT 32.— For range through No. 3 to Mon't 34 in 
S. I. — dp, 775.8 ; dm, 1115.5. This monument is on Trem- 
ley Neck, on the property of John B. Wynants. It is on the up- 
land, 5^ south of meadow line. The meadow line makes a sharp 
turn to the west about 70' feet N. W. of the monument. South- 
west of the monument 60' is a large oak tree. 

MONUMENT 33.— For range through 4 to Mon't 39, and 
through 3 to Standard Chemical chimney — dp, 1345.78 ; dm, 0.0. 
This monument is on Frail's Island, near the north end, 80' west of 
the inside channel. 

MONUMENT 34.— For range through 3 to Mon'c 32, and 
through 4 to Standard Chemical chimney — dp, 262.2 ; dm, 1266.62. 
This monument is on the Staten Island side, on meadow just north of 
Prall's Island, and distant from Kill about 300 metres. It is just 
about at head of a gut which flows westerly into Kill. 



28 NEW JERSEY BOUND A.RY COMMISSION. 

MONUMENTS 36 and 35—35 ranges through P to Mon't 38 
and through E. to Staten Chemical chimney — dp, 1805.9; dm, 
303.9. 36 ranges through S' to the more easterly Bowker fertil- 
izer factory chimney — dp, 805.9 ; dm, 338.9. These monuments 
are on the upland on the J. S. Tudder estate north of Bloomfield. 
The monument the more westerly is 25 yards east of where the up- 
land makes a sharp turn to the south, and the other monument is 35 
metres diiectly east of the iirst one. 

MONUMENT 37— dp, 844.1; dm, 366.9. This monument i& 
on Buckwheat Island, near the north end, and marks Boundary Sta- 
tion 0. 

MONUMENTS 38 and 39—38 ranges through P to Mon't 
No. 35 ; 39 ranges through 4 to Mon't No. 33— (38) dp, 1809.75 ; 
dm, 2.51 ; (39) dp, 271.24 ; dm, 1248.65. These monuments are on 
the i\ew Jersey shore, on upland, some distance back from Kill. 
The property belongs to D. Bonnet, real estate agent. Mon't No. 
39 is just at edge of meadow and upland. It is 700 yards souther- 
ly along an avenue from B. & O. R. R, crossing and 40 yards east 
of the same avenue. The other monument is 380 metres southerly 
from No. 39. It is 40' from edge of meadow on gentle slope of 
upland. 

MONUMENT 40— For range through R to Standard Chem- 
ical chimney — dp, 132.07; dm, 187.76. This monument is in New 
Jersey, on the property of Fire Proof Building Co., just below the 
B. & O. bridge. It is on upland, 30 yards north of creek. 

MONUMENT 41— For range through S to Staten Chemical 
chimney — dp, 355.35; dm, 929.68. This monument is on Staten 
Island, on meadow. It is 19 yards at right angles from large ditch 
running parallel with 6. & O. trestle on south side. The range 
line from monument through S to Staten Chemical chimney, pro- 
duced backwards, intersects the trestle in the 29th bent, between 
the two uprights, counting from the most easterly foundation 
pier. 



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MONUMENT 42— For range through B' to Glue factory 
chimney, H' to Oil Cloth Co. chimney —dp, 774.86 ; dm, 582.08. 
This monument is on the property of Wm. Dooley, on Staten 
Island. It is in bend of gut flowing into the ditch north of and par- 
allel to B. & O. trestle, and distant from the same 300 yards. 

MONUMENTS 48, 44 and 45—43 ranges through C to the 
more easterly of the two taller chimneys at Singer's factory — dp, 
1248.8 ; dm, 28.91. 44 ranges through B' to Presbyterian Church 
spire— dp, 1275.19; dm, 1394.21. 45 ranges through C to Glue 
factory chimney — dp, 1140.86 ; dm, 1224.08. These monuments 
are all on Staten Island, on the meadow of Wm. Dooley. They are 
all in the immediate vicijiity of Dooley's Marine Bailway. 

MONI-JME.NT 46— For range through D' to Bergen Point 
Light — dp, 814.53 ; dm, 388.40. This monument is at Port Eich- 
mond, Stg^ten Island, in the rear of William Ross' lot near Kill. 

MONUMENT 47— For range through E to Bergen Point 
spire — dp, 342.37 ; dm, 303.16. This monument is at Port Eich- 
mond, S. I., in the rear of Abr. Gibson's door-yard, 40' from 
Kill, 3' from the fence between Gibson and Stephen Squires, 
and 75 feet from line fence between Gibson and Ebhard Faber. 

MONUMENTS 48 and 49—48 ranges through D' and pro- 
duced in the opposite direction it passes through the centre of Agri- 
cultural works chimney — dp, 1292.H5 ; dm, 795.85. 49 ranges 
through E' and F' to Mon't No. 51. These monuments are on the 
property of Carr and Hobson's, Bergen Point, N. J. No. 48 is near 
edge of meadow, 20 feet from Kill, and 60 feet westerly from track 
of Little Hand E. R., running from works down on pier. No. 49 
is 40 feet west of storage shed in little clump of trees, and 200 feet 
east of main building. , 

MONUMENT 50— For range through F to N.E. prong of a 
church in Port Eichmond— dp, 1317.87 ; dm, 920.26. This monu- 
ment is on the estate of Eufus Story, at Bergen Point, N. J., on the 
south side of 1st street in grove fronting on Kill. It is 3' inside of 
fence. 



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MONUMENT 51— For range througli E' and F' to Mon't 4» 
— dp, 832.4 ; dm, 398.95. This monument is at West New Brighton,, 
S. I., on the property of the S. 1. Star^ a local newspaper. 
It is in the rear of the lot, 4 feet from the stoop and 40 
feet from Rapid Transit R. R. track. 

MONUMENT 52.— The range through G' and W to Mon't 
55 — dpj 1624.31 ; dm, 293.48. This monmnent is at Bergen 
Pt., N. J., on the property of Mr. Gunther, deceased. It is about 
62 metres east of a street running from a new dock belonging to the 
city and about 60 feet from edge of meadow on a gentle east slope. 

MONUMENT 53.— For range through G to Oil Company'^ 
chimney — dp, 1318.59 ; dm, 898.5. — This monument is on Staten 
Island, on the property of Richard Delafield, just west of Living- 
stone Station on the Rapid Transit Road. It is 9.8 metres along^ 
the range produced back to the Borax factory, and 4.5 metres along 
building westerly to side of main entrance to the same. 

MONUMENT 54. — For range through cross cut upon cap 
stone of wall, 4' and F ; dp, 1206.33 ; dm, 77.09 ; mark on Mon't— dp, 
1249.92 ; dm, 14.83. — This monument is on the property of Sailors' 
Snug Harbor. It is 225 feet from Richmond Terrace and 76 metres- 
along range line from cross cut in cap stone of fence running paral- 
lel with and separating the property from Tyson street. The cross- 
cut is the ofcber range for H' and I. 

MONUMENT 55— For range through G' and H' to Mon't 
No. 52 — dp, 1621.31; dm, 330.49. This monument is just inside 
of curbing for sidewalk, one inch below surface. It is on the north 
side of Richmond Terrace, east of New Brighton Rapid Transit 
Station, and about opposite the Windsor Hotel. It is also about 
opposite east end of platform of station. 

MONUMENT 56— For range through I to Crude Oil chim- 
ney — dp, 1571.89 ; dm, 1188.71. This monument is at St. George, 
Staten Island, on the property of Rapid Transit Co. at west: 
end of yard. It is just at foot of terrace, 125 feet from Kill and 200 
feet west of boathouse, and 15 feet from switch. 



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FINAL REPORT 



OF THE 




APPOINTED^ TO LOCATE AND MARK OUT 



The True Boundary Line Between the States of New Jersey 
and New York, in Lands Under Water in 

RARIXATsT BAY, 

Undeb the Joint Resolution of the Legislature of the Sta.te 
OF New Jersey, Approved April 2u, 1886. 

"With Accompanying Documents, January 18, 1890. 



(NOTE.— The first report of the Commission upon the Boundary Line in Raritan Bay was 
made to the Legislature of New Jersey December 30, 1887, and was published by the Legislature 
^f 1887-88, accompanied by a map showing the location of the Boundary Line agreed upon.) 



JERSEY CITY, N. J.: 

The Jersey City Printing Co., 37 Montgomery Street. 

1890. 



REPORT. 



To the Legislature of the State of New Jersey: 

The Commissioners appointed bj the Governor under authority 
of the Joint Resolution of the State of New Jersey, approved April 
20, 1886, "to locate and mark out the true boundary line in lands 
under water between the States of New Jersey and New York in 
Raritan Bay," respectfully submit a final report of their proceed- 
ings. 

The agreement as to the boundary line was reached in 1887, 
the line temporarily marked, and the agreement, accompanied with a 
map showing such line, filed in the ofiice of the Secretary of State, 
at Trenton, October 12, 1887. 

But the work of marking the boundary by a permanent monu- 
ment was of necessity delayed by the insufficient appropriation 
made for the purpose by the Legislature of the State of New York. 

The appropriation made for the permanent monument by that 
State was $2,500, while the lowest bid received, at that time, for 
the construction of such a monument was $10,700, half of which 
must be paid by New York. 

New Jersey, having provided in the Joint Resolution a fund 
available for such purposes, was ready at any time to pay her share 
of the expense. 

As this monument was of the greatest possible importance, and 
would mark the turning point in the line, the Commissioners felt 
that it should be built in the strongest manner, and that no expense 
should be spared to make it durable and permanent. 

They concluded, therefore, to postpone the work and wait until 
an additional appropriation could be secured from the Legislature 
of the State of New York, rather than to attempt to construct a 
monument with the funds available that would be unsatisfactory 



34 NEW JERSEY BOUNDARY COMMISSION. 

and could not be relied upon to last for any considerable portion of 
time. 

This permanent monument being absolutely essential to the 
completion of the work in Raritan Bay, the Commissioners did but 
little in that locality in 1888. 

During the summer, however, of that year, they located and 
marked with a monument — since superseded by a larger structure — 
a point in continuation of the line from Romer Beacon to Morgan 
No. 2, U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, the western point of the 
extension of the Raritan Bay boundary line, which point had been 
lost and had to be re-located. The monument, being exactly on line 
with the Romer and the permanent monument, is of great value as 
a range. 

In 1889 the Legislature of the State of New York made the 
necessary additional appropriation for the permanent monument, 
and in the spring of that year plans were prepared and bids were 
advertised for, Ross and Sanford, the well-known dock builders of 
Jersey City, being the lowest bidders, were awarded the contract, 
and the work was begun. 

Their bid was $10,000. Abel Martin, of Tottenville, S. I., was 
appointed^inspector. In December, 1889, the monument was com- 
pleted. A full description of it is given in the appendix. The 
contractors did their work most satisfactorily and are entitled to 
great praise. The monument marking the point on the New Jer- 
sey shore on a continuation of the line from the Romer beacon 
through the'permanent monument, was replaced during the summer 
by a larger and more permanent structure. By the aid of the per- 
manent monument and this range structure, together with the 
Romer beacon, it is possible to easily locate the boundary line in 
any portion of the bay. With the completion of this work of 
marking thejline already agreed upon, the labors of the Commission 
were ended. The decision arrived at was an agreeable one, and 
both sides were^fully satisfied. The work of marking was done in 
the most thorough manner possible, and was equally satisfactory to 
the Commission. 

In conclusion, the Commissioners desire to congratulate the 
people of'both States that this dispute, one of long standing, has at 
last been amicably settled. They feel that while their work has 



NEW JERSEY BOUNDARY COMMISSION. 35 

been arduous and responsible, it still has been agreeable and pleas- 
ant when its result is considered. 

They desire to express their sincere appreciation of the fair- 
ness and courtesy of the New York Commissioners, and are pleased 
to state that every determination of the Coiimission was reached 
unanimously. 

In November, when the work of the Commission was near 
completion, Dr. Geor2;e H. Cook, who had been associated with the 
Commission since its inception, died. In this State, where he was 
so well known, it is unnecessary to say anything as to the merit and 
worth of Dr. Cook, but it was fortunate for the Commission that 
his death occurred after rather than before the completion of its 
work. His knowledge of the history of New Jersey, his experi- 
ence as president of the State Survey, and his connection with 
former Commissions, had especially fitted him for this work. The 
State sustained a severe loss in his death. 

R. C. BACOT, 

Chairman. 

Teenton, January 18, 1890. 

An Agreement, made the twelfth day of October, in the year 
1887, between Mayo W. Hazeltine, Robert Moore and Lieut. G. C. 
Hanus, U. S. N., Commissioners on the part of the State of New 
York, and George H. Cook, Robert C. Bacot and A. B. Stoney, 
Commissioners on the part of the State of New Jersey. 

Whekeas, By Chapter 69 of the Laws of the State of New 
York for the year 1887, the Governor was authorized to appoint 
three Commissioners on the part of the State of New York, with 
full power to meet with the Commissioners duly authorized on the 
part of the State of New Jersey, and with them locate and mark 
out by proper monuments and buoys the true boundary line between 
the two States in lands under water in Raritan Bay; and 

Whereas, The said Mayo W. Hazeltine, Robert Moore and 
Lieut. G. C. Hanus, U. S. N., were duly appointed Commissioners 
on the part of the State of New York for the purposes mentioned 
in the said Act; and 



36 NEW JERSEY BOUNDARY COMMISSION. 

Whekeas, By an Act of Legislature of the State of New Jer- 
sey, passed April 20, 1886, entitled a "Joint Resolution authorizing 
the appointment of a Commission to locate and mark out the bound- 
ary line between the State of New Jersey and the State of New 
York in Raritan Bay," the Governor of the State of New Jersey 
was authorized to appoint three Commissioners, with power on the 
part of the State to meet any authorities duly authorized on the 
part of the State of New York, and with them locate by proper 
buoys the boundary line between [the two States of lands under 
water in Raritan Bay; and 

Wheeeas, The said George H. Cook, Robert C. Bacot, and A. 
B. Stoney were duly appointed Commissioners for the purposes of 
said Act, and 

Wheeeas, The said Commissioners, acting for and on behalf of 
their respective States, have entered upon the performance of the 
duties imposed upon them by said Act, and have in pursuance of the 
authority to them severally given as aforesaid, agreed and hereby 
do agree upon a boundary line between the two States in lands un- 
der water in Raritan Bay, and locate the same as follows : 

First. — From the " Great Beds Lighthouse" in Raritan Bay 
North twenty (20) degrees, sixteen (16) minutes West, true, to a 
point in the middle of the waters of Arthur Kill or Staten Island 
Sound, equi-distant between the south-westerly corner of the dwell- 
ing house of David 0, Butler, at Wards Point, on Staten Island, in 
the State of New York, and the south-easterly corner of the brick 
building on the lands of Cortlandt L. Parker, at the intersection of 
the westerl}'' line of Water street with the northerly line of Lewis 
street, in Perth Amboy, in the State of New Jersey. 

Second. — From " Great Beds Lighthouse " South sixty-four 
degrees and twenty-one minutes East, true (S. 64° 21' E.) in line 
with the centre of Waackaack or Wilson's Beacon, in Monmouth 
County, New Jersey, to a point at the intersection of said line with 
a line connecting " Morgan No. 2" triangulation point U. S. Coast 
and Geodetic Survey in Middlesex County, New Jersey, with the 



ISTEW JERSEY BOUNDARY COMMISSION. 37 

Granite and Iron Beacon marked on the acconapanying map as 
" Romer Stone Beacon," situated on the " Dry Romer Shoal " ; and 
thence on a line bearing North seventy-seven degrees and nine min- 
utes East, true, (N 77° 9' E.) connecting " Morgan No. 2 " triangu- 
lation point XJ. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey in Middlesex County, 
New Jersey, with said "Romer Stone Beacon" (the line passing 
through said Beacon and continuing in the same direction) to a 
point at its intersection with a lino drawn between the " Hook 
Beacon " on Sandy Hook, New Jersey, and the triangnlation point 
of the U. S. Geodetic Survey known as the Oriental Hotel on 
Coney Island, New York; then southeasterly at right angles with 
the last mentioned line to the main sea. 

Third. — The monumental marks by which said Boundary Line 
shall be hereafter known and recognized are hereby declared to be 
as follows : 

1st. The " Great Beds Lighthouse." 

2'd. A permanent monument marked "State Boundary Line, New 
York and New Jersey," and to be placed at the intersection of the 
line drawn from the "Great Beds Lighthouse " to "Waackaack or 
Wilson's Beacon," Monmouth County, New Jei'sey, and the line 
drawn from " Morgan No. 2 " triangulation point U. S. Coast and 
Geodetic Survey, in Middlesex County, New Jersey, to the " Ro- 
mer Stone Beacon." 

3d. Eight buoys or spindles to be marked like the permanent 
monument above mentioned, and placed at suitable intervening 
points along the line from the said permanent monument to the 
"Romer Stone Beacon." 

4:th. The " Romer Stone Beacon." 

Fourth. — The maps accompanying and filed with this Agree- 
ment, showing the location of the above described Boundary Line 
between the State of New Y^ork and the State of New Jersey in 
Raritan Bay to the main sea, and of the monumental marks by 



Geo. H. Cook. 


[L.8.] 


RoBT, C. Bacot. 


[L.S.] 


A. B. Stonet. 


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38 NEW JERSEY BOUNDARY COMMISSION. 

which it is marked and to be marked, duly authenticated and attest- 
ed by the signatures of the said Commissioners, and placed on file 
in the offices of the Secretaries of State of the respective States, 
shall constitute the permanent and authentic records of said Boun- 
dary Line, and are hereby adopted by the parties hereto, and made a 
part of this Agreement. 

In Witness Whereof, the said Commissioners have hereto set 
their hands and seals in duplicate, this twelfth day of October, in 
the year of our Lord 188Y. 

M. W. Hazeltine. [l. s.] 

Robert Mooee. [l. s.] 

G. C. Hanus, Lieut. U. S. N. [l. s.] 
Certified to. 

EDWARD P. DOYLE, 
Secretary of Joint Commission. 

State of New Jekset, 

Department of State. 
I, Henry C. Kelsey, Secretary of State of the State of New 
Jersey, do hereby certify that Robert C. Bacot, Esq., did, on the 
first day of November, A. D. eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, 
file in my office the following Map and Agreement, viz : 

(1) Map of the Boundary Line between the States of New York 
and New Jersey in lands under water in Raritan Bay, agreed upon 
by the Commissioners appointed by the Governors of their respec- 
tive States. Dated October 12, 1887. 

(2) Agreement between the Commissioners of the States of 
New York and New Jersey, to locate the boundary line between 
said States in lands under water in Raritan Bay. 

Dated October 12, 1887. 

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed 
my official seal at Trenton, this first day of November, A. D. 1887. 

[seal] henry C. kelsey, 

Secretary of State. 



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Descrijption of the Permanent Monument in Raritan Bay. 

Marking the corner in the Boundary Line between the States of 
Newr Jersey and New York, If miles South 60° 21' East (true) 
from the Great Beds Lighthouse. 

The height of the monument is 37 feet from mean low water 
mark to the top of the spindle. 

Foundations. — Consist of a grillage of 49 piles 14 inches in 
diameter at the butt, previously treated with Fernoline oil, set 2 
feet 8 inches apart from centres in the form of a square of 21 feet, 
and driven to a depth of 75 feet below mean low water mark to a 
solid substratum. 

Capping and Planking. — The piles are capped with 12"xl2" 
squared (ieorgia Pine Timber, 21 feet long, securely bolted to each 
pile with one ingh lag screws two feet long, on which planking of 
Georgia Pine, 3''xl2''x20'' feet is spiked down obliquely to the 
square. 

The piles are cut off to a depth of about two feet below mean 
low water, leaving the top of the planking when completed about 
2 inches below mean low water. 

Rip Rap. — After the piles were driven, stone of a durable 
character was deposited between and around the piles, weighing 
about from 250 to 1,000 lbs., with stone of 2,000 lbs. on the sii-".es 
above and below low water. 

The structure conforms closely to the figure of a frustum of a 
cone, symmetrically arranged about the grillage, having side slopes 
of one to one and rising to a height of four above mean high water 
when complete, rounded on the top as shown on the sketch here- 
with. 

When the settlement of the Rip Rap was complete, the super- 
structure on the monument proper was constructed as follows : 

Superstructure. — This consists of a cast-iron shell \\ inches 
thick, of the form of a frustum of a cone 3 feet in diameter at the 
top, \A\ feet at the bottom, and 23 feet high, made in three sections 
of 6, 8 and 9 feet high in order, from the bottom. 



40 I^EW JEESEY BOUNDAET COMMISSIOI^. 

These sections are bolted together through internal flanges ft' 
inches wide, with 1 inch bolts, and are capped with a casting made 
as per drawing, bolted to the top through flanges. 

The bottom casting is bolted to the planking through an exter- 
nal flange with one inch wrought iron bolts equally spaced. 

The whole structure is surmounted with an iron spindle 3 
inches in diameter and 23 feet high, placed in the centre of the cap 
casting and penetrating the interior of the bottom of the upper sec- 
tion of the castings. 

Its lower end is held in place by plate bars laid crosswise and 
bolted to the inner flanges of the castings. The exposed portion of 
the spindle rises to a height of 14 feet above the cap casting, and 
around its top a wrought iron spherical cage is securely fastened, 3 
feet 6 inches in diameter, heavily riveted together, resting on a 
collar secured to the spindle. 

A hollow iron ball 4 inches in diameter crowns the top of the 
spindle. 

The centre of the spindle coincides with the geometrical point 
which it is intended to permanently mark. 

Concrete. — The entire shell of the castings is fllled with Beton 
concrete of a superior quality made of equal parts of natural and 
Portland cement mixed with the usual proportions of sand and 
broken stone, compactly rammed in layers, thereby making a solid 
monolith clad with an iron shell. 

Painting. — All of the iron work was painted with one coat of 
red lead, and two coats of Atlantic white lead, and the words 
"State Boundary Line, New York and JSTew Jersey," painted there- 
on in large block letters. 

The structure was built from a plan suggested by the Light 
House Department, IT. S., varied to meet the conditions of a locality 
exposed during the winter season to the large accumulation of float- 
ing ice in Karitan Bay, requiring foundations of a depth and weight 
necessary to insure its stability. 

The contractors for the entire work were Messrs. Eoss & San- 
ford, of Jerse}^ City, K. J. 



NEW JEKSEY BOUNDARY COMMISSION. 41 

New York, Jauuary 18th, 1889. 

Gentlemen of the Joint Boundary Commission^ New York and New 
Jersey^ No. 311 Potter Building: 

With reference to the effort to recover Morgan 2 triangulation 
point, the determination of Morgan trial flag, and the determination 
and placing of a boundary monument, all of which is fully discussed 
in the report of Messrs. Yermeule and Bien, I have the honor to 
state that the work has been carefully checked by me and all the 
data furnished is correct. 

The fact that Morgan 2 mentioned in the boundary agreement 
of last year cannot be recovered does not matter, as the new point 
on the line passing through Romer and the proposed beacon in the 
bay has been as carefully determined and located as was Morgan 2 
originally. It may be well for the Commission to consider the 
practical difliculty of placing a mark which can be seen from the 
bay. The boundary monument which has been planted, has been 
put back some distance in the woods, as was necessary to preserve 
it from destruction on account of the proximity of clay pits. A 
good practical way, and one which would show oy stermen and 
others in the bay the line after the proposed beacon shall have been 
built, would be to place a cheap wooden structure, painted white, on 
the line at a point on a bluff, the point being already marked. This 
would probably be destroyed in time on account of the digging for 
clay, but another structure could be built further back. To erect a 
mark which could be seen in the bay over the boundary monument 
would be very expensive. 

Yery respectfully, 

G. C. HANUS, 
Lieut. U. S. Navy. 

New Yokk, January 12, 1889. 

Joint Boundary Commission^ New Yorh and New Jersey. 

Gentlemen : — In conformity to instructions received in July, 
1888, we proceeded to redetermine the position of the U. S. Coast 
and Geodetic Survey station Morgan No. 2, which had been agreed 
upon by your Commission as a range point through which the lice 



42 NEW JEKSEY BOUNDARY COMMISSION. 

from Romer Beacon, up Raritan Bay, should pass. A careful ex- 
amination was made on the ground to see if any marks existed by 
which the point could be identified on the spot. The site had been 
much disturbed by clay workings, and after correspondence with 
the Superintendent of the U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey it was 
definitely ascertained that the only data which we had from which 
to recover the point was its recorded position in latitude and longi- 
tude. To increase the difiiculty, neither Conasconk Point nor Prin- 
cess Bay, the two stations from which it was originally located, 
could be recovered. 

An attempt was then made to find stations Bloomfield and 
Cole, which were originally connected secondary stations, and which, 
with Morgan No. 2, would have made a good triangle. But these 
points could not be well enough located to answer our purpose, and 
we were compelled, in order to save undue expense, to use stations 
Beacon Hill and Princess Bay Lighthouse. Unfortunately, the for- 
mer station was a Primary and the latter a Secondary station, and 
they had never been directly connected in the original triangula- 
tion. 

Measurements of the angles at Beacon Hill and Princess Bay 
Lighthouse were carefully made, and the position of a signal set 
up near Morgan No. 2 was computed. The distance of Morgan 
No. 2 east and north of this point was then calculated and laid off 
on the ground. After consultation with Captain Hanus it was de- 
cided to thoroughly check this work by an independent triangula- 
tion from Princess Bay Lighthouse and Waacake Beacon. New 
data having been obtained from the office of the U. S. Coast and 
Geodetic Survey, an entire new computation was made after a 
large number of additional angles had been measured. This com- 
putation rested on the measurement of eighteen angles with from 
six to twenty-four repetitions each, or l-iS measurements in all. The 
results obtained from the two independent bases. Princess Bay 
Lighthouse, Beacon Hill and Princess Bay Lighthouse, Waacake 
Beacon agreed within one foot as to the position of Morgan No. 2 . 

This result was highly satisfactory and was accordant with 
observations made by Captain Hanus by a different method. It 
simply remained to lay off the computed easting and northing from 
the trial signal to find the location of Morgan No. 2. This was 



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■done, and the position found agreed with that indicated roughly on 
a sketch furnished by the U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. 

The line Romer Beacon Morgan No. 2 was then ranged back, 
and a point 1045.7 feet from Morgan No. 2 and near the line be- 
tween Richard S. Conover and the Morgan estate, was selected on 
which to set a range monument where it would be safe from dis- 
turbance by clay workings which cover the bay shore. The loca- 
tion of this range monument in latitude and longitude was also com- 
puted. Besides locating and settling this range monument, the 
exact position of Grreat Beds Lighthouse, the direction and distance 
thence to the proposed boundary monument in the bay, the position 
of the site of this monument and the] direction and distance thence to 
Romer Beacon, were ascertained and are here appended. We also 
append a description of the range monument with a map showing 
its exact location. No labor has been spared, either by Captain 
Hanus or ourselves, to make this location exact and final. 

By comparison of data and results we have together been able 
to detect every one of the hidden causes for error incident to the 
pecuhar nature of the problem and the many difficulties attending 
its solution. 

DESCRIPTION OF MORGAN RANGE MONUMENT. 

Above ground this monument is a rectangular pillar of marine 
granite, 8 by 12 mches in size, and 12 inches high. The north side 
is lettered thus : 

Romge Monument for N. Y. and N. J. Boundary. 
The south side is lettered as follows : 

N. 7T° 21' 48'' E. 

1,046 feet to 

Morgan No. 2 ; 

12,454 feet to 

Boundary Monument ; 

72,762 feet to 

Romer Beacon. 



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The whole leugth of the granite pillar is 3 feet. To set it a 
hole was dug 2 feet wide, 21 feet long, and 4 feet deep. A coarse- 
beton, made with hydraulic cement, was then run in until the hole 
was half full. The monument was then set in and beton run in 
around it until the hole was full. Thus a solid mass is formed 
firmly planted in the ground and weighing considerably over a ton. 

The stone is set with its greater dimension in the line Romer 
Beacon Morgan ISTo. 2, and this line passes through its centre. 

It is located eighteen feet south of the line fence between 
Richard S. Oonover and the Morgan estate, and is almost exactly 100 
yards west of where this fence comes down to the bluff, at the old 
clay workings. At the monument the following measurements 
were taken : No. 20 1-4*^ E. 9.2 feet to a blazed young chestnut 6 
inches in diameter ; N. 87 1-4° W. 3.7 feet to a blazed chestnut 18 
inches in diameter ; N. 89° W. to Richard S. Conover's dwelling 
house. These bearings are magnetic, the declination west being 
now about 8 degrees. The line to Romer Beacon passes over the 
point of the bluff just northwest of the trial flag as shown in the 
sketch. 

Morgan trial flag was lashed in the top of a white oak tree 18 
inches in diameter, blazed. The station was plumbed down care- 
fully from the flag, and a stout oak stake was driven to mark it. A 
tack in this stake is the centre of the station, and this tack is North 
26^ 21^ west from a tack in the blaze in the white oak, distant 2.6 
feet. 

On the following page is the map showing the vicinity of the 
range monument, and further on the latitudes, longitudes, azimuths 
and distances of the various points and lines. 

All bearings are from true meridian in this list. 

Yery respectfully, 

YERMEULE & BIEN, 

Civil Engineers. 



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ON CLARKE'S SPHEROID OF 1866. 

Seconds Seconds 

Station. Latitude. in metres. Longitude, in metres. 

Deg. Min. Sec. Deg. Min. Sec. 

Princess Bay Lt. Ho 40 30 27.59 851.0 74 12 49.57 1167.1 

Beacon Hill 40 22 26.55 818.9 74 12 49.57 988.7 

Waacake Beacon 40 26 38.48 1188.8 74 08 11.43 269.3 

Homer Stone Beacon 40 30 46.85 1445.1 74 00 50.05 1178.3 

Ot. Beds Light Ho 40 29 11.98 369.5 74 15 12.26 288.7 

Morgan No. 2 40 28 10.83 334.0 74 15 56.04 1320.2 

Boundary Monument 40 28 08.57 265.2 74 16 11.61 273.5 

Morgan Trial Flag 40 28 08.99 277.3 74 16 01.12 26.4 

Bearing, or , Distance . 

i\zimuth. in metres, in feet. 

Deg. Min. Sec 

Princess Bay Lt. to Beacon Hill. . . S. 44 45 26.7 W. 14,888.8 

Princess Bay Lt. to Waacake Beacon S. 42 51 32.0 E. 9,636.7 ... .. 

Great Beds Lt. to Boundary Mon't. S. 64 30 39.7 E. 2,616.1 8,583.2 

Boundary Mon't to Romer Beacon. N. 77 21 57.1 E. 18,381.7 60,308.2 

Eange Mon't to Boundary Mon't.. N. 77 21 47.8 E. 3,795.9 12,454.2 

N. B. — The last two courses are not the same because of the 
convergence of meridians. 

YERMEULE & BIEN, 

Civil Engineers. 



Expenses of Commissioners of the State of New Jersey ap- 
pointed to locate and mark out the boundary line between the 
States of New Jersey and New York in Raritan Bay, under Joint 
Resolution of the Legislature approved April 20, 1886. 

1887. Dec. 24. For services of Hydrographic Engineer in locating 

bTDundary line in November and December *|30 25 

" For petty Cash paid by Secretary 2 11 

1888. Sep. 11. For typewriting of document 70 

18. For amount paid W. S. Bacot, Engineer, for plans 

and specifications for permanent monument *41 54 

25. For Bacot and Record, legal papers *12 50 

29. For typewriting documents 4 25 

' ' For Capt. Mark Stevens, use of tugboat *39 50 

Oct. 22. For Vermeule and Bier, engineering services *77 86 

Nov. 15. For E. P. Doyle, Sec'y, disbursements, viz.: 

U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey *$34 31 

" " " " *27 50 61 81 

24. For Jones & Co., chain furnished by U. S. Light- 
house department *20 74 

" For Phoenix Iron Co., 4 buoys ■ *222 14 

" For salary of E. P. Doyle, as Secretary (>^) *250 00 



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1889. Jan. 15. James La^ngen, cutting and setting monument at 

MorganNo.2 *17 7& 

17. Vermeule & Bien, engineering services in locating 

permanent naonument *94 46- 

June 28. Type writing documents 6 50 

Aug. 6. Hireof tugboat "E.G. Gary"- ••• *12 50 

31. Lieut. Hanus' travelling expenses 29 81 

" Abel Marten, inspector's services *60 00 

Sept. 20. J. C. Payne, copy of plans Perm't Mon't *7 50- 

Oct. 9. Vermeule & Bien, engineering services *26 31 

19. Abel Martin, inspector's services *105 00 

Nov. 14. Vermeule & Bien, engineering services *37 19 

30. E. P. Doyle, salary as Secretary *150 00 

" Abel Martin, inspector's services *90 00 

Dec. 18. " " " " *30 00 

23. " " " " *30 oa 

" Ross & Sanford , 1-2 of amount of contract for con- 
structing Permanent Monument in Raritan Bay *5,000 00 



$6,460 33 
Expenses paid to Dec, 20, 1887, as previously reported 792 57 



$7,252 89 

R. C. BACOT, 

Chairman. 
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